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Regulatory T cell defect in APECED patients is associated with loss of naive FOXP3(+) precursors and impaired activated population.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Dec 2010
Laakso Sini M, Laurinolli Tuisku-Tuulia, Rossi Laura H, Lehtoviita Anni, Sairanen Heikki, Perheentupa Jaakko, Kekäläinen Eliisa, Arstila T Petteri
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The pathogenetic mechanisms of organ-specific autoimmune diseases remain obscured by the complexity of the genetic and environmental factors participating in the breakdown of tolerance. A unique opportunity to study the pathogenesis of human autoimmunity is provided by autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED), a rare inherited autoimmune disease caused by mutations in Autoimmune...
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